Matter of Radford

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

We conclude today that by inducing chents to enter into business transactions as a means to steal their money, by neglecting chent matters, and by mismanaging chent funds held in trust, the respondent, Steven J. Radford, committed acts of professional misconduct that warrant his disbarment. The opinion that follows sets forth the details of the respondent’s misconduct and our reasoning underlying the sanction imposed for it.

The Disciplinary Commission filed a Third Amended Verified Complaint for Disciplinary Action on June 28, 1996, upon which was conducted an evidentiary…